An American Musical was inducted into the National Recording Registry this year. It's the 15th Broadway cast album to receive this honor, and the first from a show that premiered after 1979. Of the 15 cast albums in the National Recording Registry,

The original cast recording of Broadway's Hamilton has been selected to join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, joining a selection that also includes the original recordings of Guys and Dolls,

More than 20 works were chosen this year to join the Library of Congress' registry, which preserves works deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”